log out of your X session, change back to the gnome-session-2.10.0 directory, and run:./configuremakerpm -e gnome-sessionmake install (it's probably better to use a tool like checkinstall to create an RPM)

now you should be able to start X again (as a regular user), and see (functioning!) options "shutdown" and "restart" in the logout menu. Note that this shuts the system down in a bit of an abrupt fashion, killing all processes immediately (so make sure to save your work before you shutdown).

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